Hosta collections run to hundreds of cultivars, sports, and divisions, each placed in the shade garden. Leafolio keeps the cultivar, the originator, the garden location, and a seasonal photo record on every clump.
Hosta collectors are cultivar people. A collection might run from a giant ‘Empress Wu’ to a thumbnail miniature, each a named cultivar with an originator and a year, many of them sports that arose from another plant. Tracking which plant sported from which, and keeping divisions labeled as the collection grows, is half the hobby.
And hostas change through the season: spring emergence, the summer clump, the way variegation settles or shifts. Collectors track clump size, leaf color, and variegation pattern year over year. Leafolio keeps the cultivar, the originator, the garden location, and a seasonal photo record together, so a shade garden of hundreds stays named and mapped.
Not rigid app fields, just the things this community tends to write down. In Leafolio they live with the plant, however much detail you want to add.
Cultivar, originator, and year in their own fields, so each hosta is named exactly and easy to find.
Note which plant a sport arose from and keep divisions labeled as the collection multiplies.
A photo timeline per clump, so emergence, summer size, and variegation are documented year to year.
Map where each hosta is planted, so a shade garden of hundreds stays legible.
Clump size, leaf color, variegation, texture, and slug-resistance notes kept with the plant.
The cultivars still on your want list, with the nurseries that carry them, ready for the next order.
Independent organizations and references worth bookmarking. Leafolio has no affiliation with any of them.
A national resource for hosta enthusiasts, with publications, events, a registration framework for the genus, and a network of local clubs. A useful reference for cultivar names, originators, and connecting with other collectors. Leafolio is independent and not affiliated with the American Hosta Society.
americanhostasociety.org ↗Leafolio is an independent plant collection app and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any society, organization, nursery, or cultivar registration authority mentioned on this page. Links are provided as helpful resources for plant collectors.
